Theseus

Theseus is the renowned Duke of Athens. As a duke, he is authoritative. This can be understood from the fact that he tries to bring his monarchy to everywhere, for example the Amazons. In the Amazons, he even abducts Hippolyta and brings her to Athens, which is a good example of attempting to have authority. Despite this, he cannot be persistent about a topic, because he decides his actions according to his benefits. For example, he tries to make Hermia marry Demetrius instead of Lysander just because of Hermia’s father Egeus’s will.

In the last two acts, however, he admits the love between Demetrius and Helena, and Hermia and Lysander and he takes them to the palace. Like the lovers, he too watches the play and gives good or bad comments about it (for example the prologue being read too dry).